Pyrotechnic projectile



UNITED STATES 4 PATENT OFFICE,

SEBASTIAN STAUTH ANnb AEL WIE ACH, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS TO THE RUBY LIGHT COMPANY, or new JERSEY.

PYROTECHNIC PRQJECTILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. scenes, dated November 7, 1893.

Application filed January 21,1891- Berisl No. 878,618- (Eo specimens.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SEBASTIAN STAUTH and CARL WIEBACH, citizens of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pyrotechnic Toys; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The present invention relates to a pyrotechnic toy or projectile which can be placed in the barrel-of a'gun and propelled therefrom-at the same time being ignited and flying through the air as a ball of fire or like a shooting star.

Theinvention therefore consists in the production of such pyrotechnic balls provided he understood.

with a friction-igniting surface adapted to be ignited by contact with'the end of the plunger or rod within the gun, whereby by the concussion said friction surface is ignited and thus sets fire to the pyrotechnic compound of which theball is manufactured.

The invention is illustrated in theaccompanying sheet of drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents one of our pyrotechnic projectiles or balls, provided on one end thereof with a friction-igniting head, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section ofa spherical ball covered entirely with a friction-ignitin g surface. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of any suitable form of gun, with the pyrotechnic ball or projectile in position in the gun, and with the plunger or rod of the gun partially drawn back.

Any pyrotechnic compound such as nitrate of strontium, nitrate of baryta, and shellac," &c., is dissolved in alcohol and formed in a plastic state into a spherical ball or into the cylindrical ball, illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2; one end of the ball or small cylinder, or its entire surface, if desirable, is then coated with a friction-igniting matter, such as chlorate of potash, phosphorus and gum, or any other well known friction compound. The ball is then dried, when it is ready to be used in connection with any formof toy gun.

' also the sides of the bore 0ne form of gun is illustrated in Fig. 3, and the same consists of a barrel a. in which is arranged a plunger or rod 1) which projects from i one end of the gun and is provided with a ring or head 0', for partially withdrawing the same from the back end of the gun, as will In front of this ring or head upon the plunger may be placed a leather or other washer d. The ring or head 0 can be connected by means of a strong rubber band,

' or its equivalent, e, secured to the barrel of the gun and passing over the head or through the ring, as shown, whereby the rod or plunger is returned with great force back into the barrel of the gun, after it has been partially withdrawn therefrom and let goby the person desiring to send the ball into the air. Instead of the rubber band e the rod or plunger b can be provided with the usual spiral spring, which will answer the same purpose as the rubber band, as will be evident. Theforward end of the barrel a is preferably with an enlarged tubular portion a into which the pyrotechnic jball f is loaded so that its friction igniting against the annular projection (1. within the barrel. The ball is made to fit snugly into this portion of the gun. The plunger or rod 1), which may be made of wood or metal, 15 provided on its end within the barrel of the gun, with a. metallic tip b having any number of points b. Of course it will be understood that the bore of the gun can be made straight, if desirable, instead of with an off-set (1 shown, in which case the ball will at all times rest upon the pointed end-of the rod or plunger and will become ignited by the friction between the pointed end and the friction material and in its flight therefrom. Now, when the'rod or plungerhas been drawn back and the gun loaded with one of our pyrotechnic balls, by releasing the ring or head of the rod or plunger, the latter will be returned with great force into the barrel,

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0! course we do not claim as our invention ored lights, for such pyrotechnic compounds, known as Bengal fire are not new in themselves, but we do claim as our invention such" compounds formed into a plastic mass in the shape of balls provided with a friction-igniting surface whereby the balls can beplaced within a gun, ignited therein and propelled from the gun, as has been described. A

Having thus described our invention, what i we claim is- 1. As a new article of manufacture, a,- projectile or pyrotechnic ball consisting of a pyr- 

